Another word for disadvantage

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1. disadvantage

   Injury (Latin in, not, and jus, juris, right, law) signifies primarily something done contrary to law or right; hence, something contrary to some standard of right or good; whatever reduces the value, utility, beauty, or desirableness of anything is an injury to that thing; of persons, whatever is so done as to operate adversely to one in his person, rights, property, or reputation is an injury; the word is especially used of whatever mars the integrity of the body or causes pain; as, when rescued from the wreck his injuries were found to be very slight. Injury is the general term including all the rest. Damage (Latin damnum, loss) is that which occasions loss to the possessor; hence, any impairment of value, often with the suggestion of fault on the part of the one causing it; damage reduces value, utility, or beauty; detriment (Latin deterere, to rub or wear away) is similar in meaning, but far milder. Detriment may affect value only; damage always affects real worth or utility; as a rule, the slightest use of an article by a purchaser operates to its detriment if again offered for sale, tho the article may have received not the slightest damage. Damage is partial; loss is properly absolute as far as it is predicated at all; the loss of a ship implies that it is gone beyond recovery; the loss of the rudder is a damage to the ship; but since the loss of a part still leaves a part, we may speak of a partial or a total loss. Evil commonly suggests suffering or sin, or both; as, the evils of poverty, the social evil. Harm is closely synonymous with injury; it may apply to body, mind, or estate, but always affects real worth, while injury may concern only estimated value. A hurt is an injury that causes pain, physical or mental; a slight hurt may be no real harm. Mischief is disarrangement, trouble, or harm usually caused by some voluntary agent, with or without injurious intent; a child’s thoughtless sport may do great mischief; wrong is harm done with evil intent. An outrage combines insult and injury. Compare synonyms for BLEMISH; CRIMINAL; INJUSTICE.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, damage, detriment, evil, harm, hurt, impairment, injury, injustice, loss, mischief, outrage, prejudice, wrong

   Antonyms:
   advantage, amelioration, benefit, blessing, boon, help, improvement, remedy, service, utility

   Preposition:
   The injury of the cause; an injury to the structure; injury by fire; by or from collision, interference, etc.

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1. disadvantageverb

   the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position

   Antonyms:
   vantage, advantage

2. disadvantage, disfavor, disfavourverb

   put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm

   «This rule clearly disadvantages me»

   Synonyms:
   disfavour, disfavor

   Antonyms:
   vantage, advantage

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1. List of paraphrases for «disadvantage»:

   drawback, detriment, handicap, downside, inconvenience, disadvantaged, disadvantages, expense, shortcoming, unfavourable, disability, prejudice

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1. Chris Husted:

   It is a complete tragedy and Liam will be very missed, my son is very distraught by the news. Liam was a special needs child, at a disadvantage and dependent on others’ kindness. Unfortunately, his mother took that away.

2. Washington Irving:

   Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way throughout a thousand obstacles.

3. Elizabeth Warren:

   Small business owners are paying their fair share, but the giants are not and that creates a disadvantage for every small business in America.

4. Pamela Kearns:

   It would be a real disadvantage to children in this country if we were not part of those networks, it will disadvantage us massively.

5. Greg Caplan:

   To ensure that each team member is able to participate in the digital discussion effectively, I recommend instituting the’ All or Nothing’ rule, which says that if everyone can’t be together in a room for a meeting, everybody has to individually call in to the video chat privately, this puts everyone on the same playing field and doesn’t put the remote workers at a disadvantage because they aren’t able to physically be in the room.

• سيئةArabic
• неизгодно положение, неудобство, пречкаBulgarian
• nevýhodaCzech
• NachteilGerman
• μειονέκτημαGreek
• desventajaSpanish
• haitta, varjopuoli, haittapuoliFinnish
• vansiFaroese
• désavantageFrench
• míbhuntáisteIrish
• ana-cothromScottish Gaelic
• חיסרוןHebrew
• hátrányHungarian
• վնաս, թերությունArmenian
• svantaggioItalian
• ulempeNorwegian
• nadeelDutch
• ulempeNorwegian Nynorsk
• niekorzyśćPolish
• desvantagemPortuguese
• dezavantajRomanian
• затрудне́ние, поме́ха, неудо́бство, [[невыгодный, препя́тствие, недостатокRussian

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